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NEWSPAPER WRAPPER.

Patented June 5,1883.

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UNITED ST TES PATENT OFFICE- GEORGIANNA FAY, or RICHMOND, VIRGINIA.

NEWSPAPER-WRAPPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 278,923, dated June 5,1883.

Application filed May 26,1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GEORGIANNA FAY, ofRichmond, in the county of Henrico and State of Virginia, have inventeda new and Improved Newsp ap er-XVrapper, of which the following is afull, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved wrapper fornewspapers and other like-matter, which wrapper can be secured over thepaper very rapidly and conveniently without the use of adhesivematerial.

The invention consists in a wrapper, on the inner surface of which awire is placed provided with loops at the projecting ends, which wire isheld on the wrapper by a strip of paper secured on the inner surface ofthe wrapper and over this wire. hen the wrapper is folded over the paperthe projecting ends of the Wires are twisted together; or one projectingend of the wire is passed through the loop of the other end.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate cor-'responding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a plan view of the inner surface of my newspaper-wrapper,parts being broken out. Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the same, showingit partly folded over a paper. Fig. 3 is a plan view of a papersurrounded by one of my improved wrappers.

The wrapper A, which is made of paper of any desired or suitable kind,can be. made square or oblong, or can have its ends shaped in the samemanner as the flaps of an envelope. A wire, B, is placed across thewrapper from end to end-that is, from flap to fiapon the inner surfaceof the wrapper, and the ends of the wireare twisted to form loops 0 atthe ends of the wire, the twisted ends of the wire projecting somedistance from the ends or flaps of the wrapper, as shown in Fig. 1. Astrip,

D, of paper or muslin, is pasted on the inner surface of the wrapper A,over the Wire 13, for holding the same on the wrapper. The wrapper ispassed around the folded newspaper E, or other like matter, and oneprojecting end of the wire is passed through the end loop, 0, of theother end of the wire, and that end of the wire that has been passedthrough the loop is pressed down flat on the wrapper, and thus holds thewrapper closed on the paper E; or

the two projecting ends of the wire can slae twisted together for thesame purpose. This wrapper can be closed very rapidly and easily, andcan be removed very easily in case the contents are to be examined bypost-office or custom-house officials; and the wrapper can be re placedand secured without being injured in any way whatever.

A cord may be used in place of the wire, if desired; but the wire ispreferred.

Instead of retaining the wire in place by the strip D, the wire may beplaced-in the body of the paper, such situation being given to it when ithe paper for the wrappers is manufactured.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent- I 1. A wrapper for newspapers and like matter,consisting of a strip of paper or muslin, to or in which is held a wirethe ends of which project beyond the edges of the strip, and which areformed with loops, substantially as. and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination with the wrapper A and strip D, of paper or muslin,of the wire 13, secured between the wrapper A and the strip D, andhaving loops O at its projecting ends, substantially as and for thepurpose set forth.

GEORGIANNA FAY. Vitnesses:

MARY M. CLAYTON, W. H. TALMAN.

